Hard-kill active protection systems (APS) already come with a combination of sensors, effectors, and fire control components. Being able to adapt those APSs directly to the counter-drone role, ...

Active protection systems to defend large vehicles and main battle tanks (MBTs) first appeared as Russian systems in the late ...

Israel’s Merkava tank was designed with crew survivability as its primary goal. This episode examines the vehicle’s armor ...

The Army’s M1E3 Abrams redesign targets the drone era with a lighter (~60-ton) tank, hybrid-electric drive, more onboard ...

Israeli army soldiers ride in the turret of a Merkava battle tank deploying along the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on October 13, 2023. The protection and counter-punch offered by ...

WASHINGTON — Defense contractor Artis is unveiling an active protection system it says addresses a gap the U.S. Army and other forces are looking to fill: the defense of attacks from above. The ...

Soldiers participate in a gunnery exercise to evaluate Trophy Active Protection System for tanks. (Winifred Brown/U.S. Army) The U.S. Army wants to pursue a more layered approach to protecting combat ...

Nearly all of the K2 components are produced locally, beginning with the tank’s CN08 main gun. Israeli defense firm Rafael just penned a historic agreement with South Korea’s Hyundai Rotem to install ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: While the T-90A is still outgunned by Western main battle tanks, it does sport number of defensive systems particularly effective verses anti-tank missiles that (all.

Summary and Key Points: Germany’s Leopard 2 remains a benchmark main battle tank because it blends speed, protection, and ...